Kathy Runs

My RunTalkRadio co-host, Caleb, has recently put out the challenge to runners everywhere to make a list that is tailored to our individual needs. Forget the generalized lists that are published for the masses, instead, he says, make one for yourself and use it to help you train for the 2010 season. Since Caleb is [...]

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working with two running partners of mine to set up and record a virtual conference which has turned into the fun loving, Run Talk Radio.

Caleb, Daniel and I met through Dailymile.com and became fast friends through the tubes of the internet. Through Run Talk Radio we’ve gotten to [...]

I started running three years ago. In fact, running the Nike Women’s Marathon this year marked my three year anniversary with running marathons. I’ve improved a bit since I started, I stopped hating it so much and learned to love sore muscles, blood blisters, missing toenails, random aches and pains, obsessing over diet and training [...]

Ever since I fell in love with Dailymile a year ago, I’ve used it for logging my training, sharing advice with other runners, meeting new friends, and learning to love running more. Well, my roommate and friend,
Elizabeth C. has taken Dailymile’s motivating and easy to use interface out onto the cross country course.

Let’s face it, [...]

NYC Marathon! from Kathy Simpson on Vimeo.

As someone who loves to run marathons, I never get to experience the race from the side lines. This year, I came out to watch the NYC Marathon and not run it. It was fantastic, I thought that as a runner I wouldn’t be able not feel drawn to [...]

I have a few rituals to go through before running the Nike Women’s Marathon on Sunday. It started early this week when I pulled on my running kicks, which haven’t really left my feet all week with the exception of sleeping. I’ve been practicing some pretty outrageous hydration teqniques (I think the waterbottle is better [...]

I’m not a fast runner. I have a few marathons under my belt, but I haven’t made speed the focus of my races. That said, after my second marathon (and after reading Kathrine Switzer’s book Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women’s Sports) I’ve had the crazy dream of running a sub-three hour marathon.

So [...]

The Nike Women’s Marathon is on October 18th, and I’m expected to be at the starting line. Anxiety and nerves are starting to set in as I’m filled with self doubt. A constant stream of questions pour through my mind on a daily basis. Did I train hard enough? Why didn’t I pay attention to [...]

Running and racing is an empowering combination. When a couch potato becomes a jogger, a jogger becomes a runner, and a runner becomes a racer, there’s a moment when the world opens up, and they’ve realized that they’re a part of the ever growing club of dedicated, enlightened runners around the world.

Guest Blogger, Haley Cloyd, [...]

World record holder for the marathon distance, Haile Gebrselassie, will be running the Berlin marathon on Sunday, September 20th and the man is driven.

I consume a lot of running news, blogs, videos, books, magazines, short stories, photographs, etc., and I’ve come across some bold statements (mostly from the mouth of Steve Prefontaine), but Gebrselassie takes [...]